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Saving the Stock Exhaust ?

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Hey Super Supporters,

So, I was going to go with the Vance & Hines, probably now made in China, and not very well from what I'm reading.

Which raises the Question;
"Can a worn-out stock exhaust system be refurbished at a reasonable cost?"

By Worn-Out, I mean the stock exhaust was pitted at the head pipes, and after removing the rust, the chrome is gone. No holes, and the collectors look quite good.
Is re-chroming possible? Plating with something else? Super-Temp-Ceramic-Coating?

I've been Web-Searching the Exhaust companies of the past......

Help?
 
You can have them rechromed but it will cost you. Any plater is going to want to layer several coats of nickel first to fill the pitting and then 2-3 trips through the chrome.
Ceramic coating may be the way to go if you're not looking for the factory finnish look.
 
My pipes were the same. I got some sandpaper and steel wool and went to town on them till they were all better. Then painted them with Dupont High temp paint. I got it at the hardware store for my grill, but it seems to be just fine. You can see it in my album.
 
I have seen - can't remember where on the forum - that the headers were like 'wrapped' into some kind of brownish rags... anyone have an idea what I'm talking about ?
 
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Header wrap. It's what I will be doing with my old Vance and Hines exhaust.
 
With all the excellent work you've done why not just bite the bullet and have them re-chromed? Maybe even black chrome?
 
Black Chrome

Black Chrome

Black Chrome. What a great idea!
Just saw an article on rechroming in Motorcyclist, I think.
It was like $1000:eek: for chroming some old 2-stroke pipes, which is a big bite.

Maybe I'll get the bike running with the 'Old-Ugly' stock pipes,
and when everything is done I can consider that 'bite'.

Header wrap is quite temporary from what I've heard, as it will cook the headers to bits.

I wish the stock pipe was in 6 sections instead of 4, so I could send just the header sections out for chroming. Hmmmmm.....:idea:
 
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There's a shop out here that quoted me $165 bucks to ceramic coat my stock black 4-into-2's. He said they would have a glossy finish not quite as shiney as the original black. But s'posed to look pretty good. And durable.

I didn't take him up. Yet. Now that the weather is changeing, I'll prolly do it. Hope his price is still good. Hope he's still in business. I can't find his card, and I can't find him in the yellow pages.

I will have to do a drive-by and see if he's still there.

A few years back I had this shop ceramic coat my Jardine's. Flat black finish. They still look great. Got my money's worth from a reliable shop.
 
Tom, would you know if the Ceramic coatings hide surface flaws?
 
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